IFRS – One World One Accounting Introduction to IFRS Currently‚ more than 100 countries requires or adopt IFRS and it is expected that by 2012‚ more than 150 countries will adopt IFRS. India has also taken the step towards convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS. This article details the need for harmonization of local GAAP with IFRS‚ challenges for Corporate India etc. 1. Importance of Accounting Standards 2. Accounting Standards Across the world 3. Need of Harmonization
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Intermediate Accounting Paper The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private‚ not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within the United States in the public ’s interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designated the FASB as the organization responsible for setting accounting standards for public companies in the U.S. It was created in 1973‚ replacing the Accounting Principles Board and the Committee
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The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are undertaking the Conceptual Framework project jointly in order to create a sound foundation for the new accounting standard by revising the existing conceptual framework. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the dependent standard-setting body of the IFRS foundation. The IASB adopted the FASB in its framework as guidelines for the preparation IFRS that it published in 1989
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variables such as foreign exchange risk‚ political‚ economic‚ cultural diversities‚ etc. that need to be taken into deliberation in making investment judgment. A significant variable in the analysis of foreign securities is various accounting standards. The accounting standard of United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) and identifies the major differences that materially impact the Tangible Assets‚ Goodwill‚ Inventory‚ Auditing‚ and financial statements. The study is helpful in evaluating the financial
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International Accounting Standards Board Dawn Becker University of Phoenix- ACC440 Mike Raponi September 5‚ 2005 International Accounting Standards Board History "The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was preceded by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC)‚ which operated from 1973 until 2001." http://www.lasb.org/about/history.asp . The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was founded on April 1‚ 2001. Its role is to encourage companies
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Accounting has been around since the beginning of civilization. ¡§Accountants participated in the development of cities‚ trade‚ and the concepts of wealth and numbers.¡¨ (Giroux) The importance of accounting cannot be overemphasized. Equally important are the standards used to guild the application of accounting practice. Without principles and standards‚ financial reporting would not fairly present the financial position of a company. Accounting has changed and evolved vastly over time and continues
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Accounting Standard 10: Accounting for Fixed Assets • Fixed asset is an asset held for producing or providing goods and/or services and is not held for sale in the normal course of the business. • Cost to include purchase price and attributable costs of bringing asset to its working condition for the intended use. It includes financing cost for period up to the date of readiness for use. • Self-constructed assets are to be capitalised at costs that are specifically related to the asset and those
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during an accounting period in monetary terms. These business activities vary from one enterprise to other. To compare the financial statements of various reporting enterprises poses some difficulties because of the divergence in the methods and principles adopted by these enterprises in preparing their financial statements. In order to make these methods and principles uniform and comparable to the extent possible – standards are evolved.What are Accounting Standards? Accounting Standards are the
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2011‚ the Accounting Standards Review Board (ASRB) ceases to exist in New Zealand. 1. What is the ASRB to be replaced with‚ and what will be the statutory authority of this new organisation? The current authoritative accounting board is Accounting Standard Reporting Board (ASRB). This board reviews and approves financial reporting standards and their amendments‚ give directions as to authoritative support of accounting policies and encourage development of financial reporting standards. This
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Institution Introduction Observation of standard accounting practices is a requirement for publicly traded companies. The companies are obligated to follow strict accounting rules in the presentation of their financial statements to enable the readers of such statements to compare performances by different companies easily. Financial institution and shareholders of various private companies may also require private companies to comply with certain accounting standard. Local governments being the form of
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